Academy of General Dentistry
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What it says it does
ADVANCING GENERAL DENTISTRY AND ORAL HEALTH THROUGH QUALITY CONTINUING EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.
- Income
- $16.2 million
- Spending
- $15.3 million
- Employees
- 55
- Volunteers
- 219
- Highest pay
- $486,056, executive director (thru sept 2024)
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- EDUCATE GENERAL DENTISTRY POPULATION (35,000 PERSONS) AND GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT DENTAL TREATMENT, HEALTHCARE, CONSUMER ISSUES, SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS, PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNICAL UPDATES. EDUCATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AGD ANNUAL MEETING AND EXPOSITION WHICH OFFERS AROUND 50 COURSES/LECTURES, ADDITIONALLY MANY EDUCATIONAL SPONSORED COURSES ARE HELD AT THE STATE AGD LEVEL, NATIONAL AGD OFFERS ONLINE CE OPPORTUNITIES AND SELF STUDY PRODUCTS.
- INFORM THE GENERAL DENTIST POPULATION, OTHER DENTAL PROFESSIONALS AND INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL POPULATION VIA CIRCULATION OF GENERAL DENTISTRY (35,000 MEMBERS) AND ADG IMPACT (35,000 MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBER DENTISTS AND NON-DENTAL PROFESSIONALS) ABOUT CURRENT ISSUES AND NEW TRENDS IN DENTAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND PATIENT CARE.
- EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTS AND PROTECTS THE INTERESTS OF GENERAL DENTISTS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL THROUGH SEVERAL STATE AND FEDERAL ACTION ALERTS, PUBLIC AWARENESS INITIATIVES, STATE LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS, AND AN ANNUAL TRIP TO CAPITAL HILL.
- PROVIDES MEMBERS WITH VARIOUS BENEFITS, INCLUDING CE TRACKING, ACCEPTANCE OF AGD BOARD LICENSURE TRANSCRIPTS, ADVISING MEMBERS ON MANAGED CARE AND CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT ISSUES, AND A SUPERIOR PROFESSIONAL NETWORK AND PATIENT REFERRAL PROGRAM.OFFERS RECOGNIZED ACHIEVEMENT-BASED DESIGNATIONS IN GENERAL DENTISTRY, THE FELLOWSHIP AND MASTERSHIP AWARDS. MORE THAN 18,778 FELLOWSHIP AND 3,906 MASTERSHIP AWARDS HAVE BEEN EARNED. THE FELLOWSHIP EXAM, TAKEN BY NEARLY 255 MEMBERS IN 2024, IS ONE OF THE THREE REQUIRED STEPS TOWARD ACHIEVING THE FELLOWSHIP AWARD AND INCLUDES MATERIAL FROM ALL DENTAL DISCIPLINES. 54 MEMBERS TOOK THE MASTERSHIP EXAM.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1972.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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